Fairing mount bushings

[IFIXTHINGS]

So as I've been browsing through the forums here, I've seen mention of everything mount related except one. What are people using to replace the rubber bushings where the fairing mounts to the frame bracket?

I know I can get new bunkies, new rubbers for the lowers to mount to the fairing, new windscreen mounting hardware and foam, fairing trim, emblems/stickers, so far pretty much everything except the main fairing mount bushings. Mine are all splitting and I'd like to replace them.

 

[Dave Ireland]

You mean where the fairing frame clamps onto the frame downtubes? A couple had nothing and one had inner tube protecting the frame and providing a bit of a cushion, friction surface, so that's what I copied when I mounted mine. Many miles, no problems. I also cut some thicker rubber strips to go between fairing bottom and the fairing frame top surface.

 

[IFIXTHINGS]

I mean where the fairing itself mounts to the bracket

 

[KGBnut]

I've never seen any reference to rubber bushings there in the original installation instructions.

On mine I always put a strip of old inner-tube between the fairing and the bracket, and then use some rubber washers along with some big fender washers on the bolts to minimize vibration noise. That has worked well enough for me.

 

[IFIXTHINGS]

Ohhhhhhh those must be old washers I see squeezing out then. Awesome, thanks!

 

[Larry Fine]

You can buy 1/4" I.D fender washers in both steel and rubber at Home Depot.

 

[IFIXTHINGS]

I got a Ace Hardware couple blocks from the house. Might take the bike over there, see if it fits through the doors, do some ride-by shopping rofl